McDonald was quoted as saying, "European consumers have
shown that historically they don't mind [the delays], because they end up
buying as many PlayStations, if not more, than the US and Japan."

If you may recall, while the United States and Japan will
fight over 400,000 and 100,000 consoles respectively during the official launch
next month, European customers will have to wait it out until March
2007 to get their hands on a PS3.

McDonald's comments seem somewhat perplexing with regards to
European customers. Could it really be said that European customers "don't
mind" or is it a matter of they don't have any choice but to wait? Then
again, there's always the XBOX 360 as an alternative and Nintendo has been
getting a lot of positive press for its $250 Wii console. The
latter console will launch on December 8 in Europe.

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